To:LYDIA KNIPOVICH

Written:Written between August 5 and 7, 1913Published:First published in 1960 inVoprosy Istorii KPSSNo. 2.

      Sent from Munich to Simferopol.

      Printed from the original.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,[1977],

      Moscow,Volume 43,

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DearLydia Mikhailovna,

Iam sending you a postcard I have bought for you with a plan of Berne
and a note of the necessary addresses.

Istrongly advise you to go to Berne: you must receive treatment, andKocher is the only onewho can cure you. I have made inquiries of
every kind, looked up medical literature (a big book by the son, Albert
Kocher, on goitre), consulted physicians in Berne, and I speak from
experience.

Writeto Professor Kocher in September asking him to make a definite
appointment (and mentioning that you disposeonlyof such-and-such
a sum, otherwise you’ll have to face the unpleasant prospect of haggling
with the tight fisted Frau Professor). He will answer, fixing adatewhen he can receive you. Then you can start out. Life in
Berne is cheap. We’ll give you introductions to Shklovsky and
Shenderovich—they will help you. In a few months you will forget that you
were an invalid.

Allthe best. We shall be seeing you soon.